Upholstery edge



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H. SISKIN UPHOLSTERY EDGE Filed Jan.` 15, 1924 H. SISKIN UPHOLSTERY EDGEFiled Jan. 15. 1924 15 VST-leeJt's--Sheet 5- i To all whom t mayconcer/a:

Patented 50ct. 13, 1925.

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i BARRY SISKI, F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

'UPBILSTEEY EDGE.

Application filed January 15, 1924. Serial No. 686,248.

Be it known that I, HARRY SISKIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia,.have invented new and #useful Improvements in UpholsteryEdges, of which the following is a specication.

My present invention being entitled as referring to an upholstery edge,it may be understood to be an object of this invention to provide anovel edge construction sultable` for use upon' over-stuffed furniture,or the like, and to provide a method for the production of edges uponfurniture of the general character referred to. It is an object of thisinvention to provide over-stuffed furniture, orthe like,

with edge rolls not liable to deterioration but of especially simple andrugged lconstruction; and my invention comprises also an advantageousmethod of assembling and associating' the materials comprised` in anedge roll, mainly in advance of the application of thesame to articlesof furniture; and it is an especial merit of my novel method ofassembling the mentioned elements, which may comprise a core elementcovered with feltv and retained by stitching, that a large part of theIstitching that has heretofore been done mainly by hand, may, by myimproved method, be done by machinery andA Vin advance of the actualpositioning of the assembled 4materials upon an article of furniture. -Yl f As implied' above, it is an object of my invention toiprovide meanswhereby -artithe over-stuffed type, in connection with which myinvention may be employed to a special advantage, this `rocker being4shown. as Without the removable ,box springs customarily providedtherefor, and without a cushion. f

\ Fig. 2 is a perspective representation of a box spring ofthe typesuitable for use v1n an over-stu'ed article of furniture such as isshown in Fig. l.

s Fig. 3 isa perspective view showing a preferred mode of constructionof a box spring of the type illustrated' in Fig. 2, assuming thecovering materials therefor to have been previously stitched together ina manner hereinafter referred to.

Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective illustrations respectively of felt andcore materials suitable for employment -in a rolled edge, iny amanner'illustrated in the succeeding figures.

Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views illustrating successive steps in theassembling and securing of the materials illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 inconnection ywith lining materials and cover materials-and stuffing or.`filling materials securedthereto, preferably by machine stitchingexecutedl by comparatively unskilled labor in advance of the adjustmentof the same upon thevsprings or frame of an article of furniture. g

Figs.'8 and-9 are respectively a sectional perspective and a verticalsection illustrating subsequent steps in the production of an upholsteryedge and a stuffed top upon 'a box ,spring of the general characterilllus-` trated in Figs. 2 and 3.

Fig. 1() is a horizontal sectional viewlwhich may be regarded as takenon the line 10N- 10 of Fig. 1, this view'illustrating an advan-ltageousf method of securing ed'geroll adjacent an unyielding edge of anvarticle of furniture. Referring to the details of that specific4embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs.` 2-9' inclusive, 1being a frame upon which a box seat is to be built, and 2 being springssupported 'therefrom byjmcans of metallic or other strips 3 providedwith' clips 4 and retained by nails or screws 5, the"tops of the springs2 being retained in their intended relationship by means of an iron orother `frame 6, and all of the parts thus referred to being of any uspalor preferred construction immaterial tothe present invention, 7 may be acore formed of twisted paper or other suitable material, and 8 may be asuitably cut section of felt adapted to vbe rolled thereover in themanner suggested in Figs. 4 and 6. ,A

Instead of employing a stitching, or the like, merely to hold the feltSfupon the core 7 ,Nor lits equivalent, I consider it advantageous toplace'lin contact to thel folded edges of the felt, as shown in Fig. 6,the

interior surface of a suitably cut and refolded section of covermaterial 9, the refolded edge 10 of this material being placedsubstantially parallel with the edges 11, 11 o f the felt 8, in a mannerpermitting the simultaneous stitching of the mentioned elements,optionally associated also vwith the burlap or other lining element 12,by a single row ofstitching 13, such as may be effected by a sewingmachine run by a comparatively unskilled operative.

Aswill be seen,y for example, Figure 7, the stitching 13 extends throughintermediate portions, and not through end portions of the covermaterial 9 and the liningv material, 12, both of which should, however,

' cient length to provide also, afterl attachhave been previously cutinto a form suitable to an intended use, the end 9a of the covermaterial being, in case the same is to be used upon a box seat of thegeneral character shown in Fig. 1, of suiiicient length to provide notonly for thev covering of the roll 14, produced by folding the felt 8over the core 7 as described, but of suffiment, as by a seam 15, to asection of denim or other inexpensive cover material 16, to permit of anadditional row of stitching 17, effected either before or after theapplication of the assembled elements to an article of furniture, in amanner serving A. not only completely to enclose the roll 14 but alsosecurely to retain the same in an intended relationship to a resilientor rigid corner upon which the same may be applied. s l

Either before or after the attachment, as

by means of stitching 17, of whatI may a' desired relationship to anedge element 20 of said frame; and I may thereafter secure the'end 9b ofthe cover material 9, to the lower frame 1 of a box spring, stretchingthe described materials thereover to produce a desired tension andretaining them by any suitable means such as the tacks 21. As issuggested in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, the burlap or other lining material 12may advantageously extend not only across the horizontal top of a boxseat of the character hereinA referredto but also over the front surfacethereofl in the manner suggested, at 12"; and either before or after thesecuring of the end 9",of the cover material andthe end'12" of thelining material by means such as the tacks 21, I may optionallyinterpose stufling material 22, retaining the same in any suitablemanner, as by means of stitching 23, shown as extending through both thementioned cover material and the mentioned lining material, thestitching here referred to, like that mentioned above, being optionallydone in advance of the positioning of the fabric elements, securedtogether* as described, upon the frame 6 of the box spring.

Having secured the fabric elements mentioned to one another by stitchingin the economical and comparatively inexpensive manner referred to andhaving secured the materials so assembled to the top and bottom framesof a box spring in the manner described, I may advantageously proceedwith the insertion of additional filling or stuiiing material 24,interposed between the horizontally extending portion 12'a` of theburlap lining referred to and the denim or other cover material 16adapted to cooperate therewith in the retention of said stuifing orfilling material, and the corresponding free end of the burlap lining,these elements being optionally stitched or otherwise secured together,as along the line 25 at the upper rear edge of a box spring, andthereafter secured, as by tacking along the lower rear edge, to theframe 1.

When my novel upholstery edge is to be applied to a rigid rather than toa yielding edge, the general procedure outlined above ma o tionall beemployed except that,

y P y when it is desired that a rolled edge and the outer and innersurface of an article of furniture shall be covered by a continuousexpanse of uniform material uninterrupted by any crease or seam, as isconsidered appropriate in the covering of the arms of a rocker, or thelike, in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 10, no effort need bemade to provide a fin such as is shown at 18, or its equivalent` or tosecurev such afin `v to a vburlap or other lining. In the application ofm invention which is somewhat diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 10,26 being an upright wooden element employed at the front of an arm, and27 being an outside frame element associated therewith, 14 may be anedge roll secured toa fold 10 in cover material 9 by means of stitching13', this stitching being preferably carried also through a liningmaterial 12', and

the end 9a of the mentioned covering ma-v terial may extend smoothly andcontinuously over the stuffing or filling material 24 the opposite end9" of `said covering material being secured in any suitable way,

as by means of tacks 21 shown as extending therethrough and also througha refolded v end or edge of afseparate section of cover- `ing material28, employed upon the outer side of the arm referred to. Although I haveherein described alter- ,that various additional modifications might bemade therein by those skilled in the art Without the slightest departurefrom the spirit and scope of my invention as the same is indicated aboveand in the following claims.

It is to be understood that in place of felt, any equivalent resilientmaterial may be used in place of it and the term felt in the claims isto be understood to include equivalents.

What I claim is:

l. In an article of furniture, a core, a sheet of felt folded over thecore, a cover having a refolded edge fitting under the felt, the coverextending from the refolded edge around the felt, a lining under therefolded edge, stitching through the felt, refolded edge and lining, andstitching connecting the opposite edge of the cover from the refoldededge to the lining.

2. In an article of furniture, an upholstery edge comprising a core, asheet, of felt folded around the core, a lining, a cover having arefolded edge extending under the felt against the lining, stitchingconnecting the felt, refolded edge and lining, the cover materialextending from the refolded edge around the felt and stitched to thelining, a second cover material stitched to the first cover materialbehind the felt and a lling between the lining and second covermaterial.

3. In an article of furniture, the cornbination with a `base and acoil-spring supporting frame having a wire edge, of a lin- 1ng securedto the base and extending over the wire edge and resting upon the top ofthe coil spring construction, a cover secured to the base through thelining and having a refolded edge fitting over the lining above the wireedge, a core, a sheet of felt folded around the core with the edges flattogether and extending inwardly, the cover material extending outwardlyand upwardly around the felt, a second cover material secured to theinner edge of the first cover material and forming a fin, Stitchingsecuring the edge of the iin to the lining, and filling between thesecond cover material and lining.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HARRY SISKIN.

